Hallowscream

Photograph: York Maze

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Been to see It at the cinema? Did it leave you with a yearning to be chased around fields by a chainsaw-carrying homicidal clown? Then you’re in luck. Hallowscream is back with its five live-action haunted houses at York Maze on various nights, including this Saturday. More here

York Races finale

We’re backing the brown horse… Photograph: York Racecourse

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Our race is almost run… Saturday is the final day of racing at Knavesmire for 2017, but it should be a great last hurrah. With unseasonably good weather forecast, live football on selected screens and the music from the Band of the Coldstream Guards you’ll be entertained even before the horses appear. More here

Streetfood Sunday

Photograph: York On A Fork

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This time it’s those talented cooks from Winner Winner starring at York On A Fork’s Streetfood Sunday. Dishes lined up at the Fulford Arms include Texas beef munch and slow-cooked (in Jack and coke) pulled pork. More here

Gillygate Conker Championships

Forget video games or Netflix. For sheer entertainment nothing beats whacking the heck out of someone else’s horse chestnut. York pub The Gillygate hosts this, its fourth annual contest, on Sunday. You came, you saw… but can you conker? More here

Glass Caves and support

Glass Caves – Swim

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One of York’s great live bands, Glass Caves, make a return to their home city, on whose streets they have busked on many an occasion. Among the support for the anthem-creators at Fibbers on Saturday are up-and-comers Alleyways. More here